Legislation Details

File #: 26-0062R    Version: 0 Name:
Type: City Council Resolution Status: In Committee
File created: 7/13/2026 In control: Budget & Appropriations Committee
On agenda: 7/13/2026 Final action:
Enactment #:
Title: Informational Hearing – Land Value Tax FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department of Finance, the Mayor’s Office of Small and Minority Business Advocacy and Development, and the Department of Planning, and inviting Live Baltimore, the Baltimore Development Corporation, the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation, and other relevant stakeholders to a hearing to evaluate the benefits of implementing a split-rate property tax system in Baltimore City, including its effect on absentee property ownership and speculation, vacant residential and commercial properties, owner-occupant homeowner property taxes, and housing production.
Sponsors: Zac Blanchard, Paris Gray, John Bullock, Sharon Green Middleton, Phylicia Porter
Attachments: 1. 26-0062R~1st Reader.pdf